How about some wine ice cream?

Efforts to add wine-infused ice cream to supermarket shelves got a frosty reception Thursday from Louisiana lawmakers who worried that minors could get drunk off the tasty treat.

The Associated Press

Efforts to add wine-infused ice cream to supermarket shelves got a frosty reception Thursday from Louisiana lawmakers who worried that minors could get drunk off the tasty treat.The state's Office of Alcohol and Tobacco Control says lawmakers need to authorize the sale of alcohol-laced ice cream before it can hit grocers' freezers.But just how to shelve and sell pints of Cherry Merlot and Red Raspberry Chardonnay — sold by Mercer's Dairy of New York — confounded members of the House Judiciary Committee. Some lawmakers questioned whether Louisiana is ready to stock items like Buzz Bars, ice cream bars that contain whiskey, cognac, rum or lemon vodka among other flavors.“Is this ice cream going to be displayed in the Blue Bell ice cream box?” asked Rep. Rob Shadoin, R-Ruston. “Is this going to be ice cream that's available at the convenience store, at the grocery store? Is that what we're talking about?”“That's correct,” replied Rep. Marcus Hunter, D-Monroe, the bill's sponsor.“So DWI can now mean 'Driving while ice-creamed?' ” Shadoin asked.Lawmakers on the committee worried that people under Louisiana's legal drinking age of 21 could buy the boozy treats.“We need some safeguards so minors don't buy a product that can be harmful to them,” said Rep. Ray Garofalo, R-Chalmette.Amid the concerns, Hunter shelved his House Bill 471 temporarily to try to work out language that would require ID verification to sell wine ice cream. The committee could take up the proposal again at its next meeting, April 10.